Title

Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington

Author(s)

Dr, Ben BrotemarkleFollow
Florida Historical Society

Streaming Media

Episode Date

1-12-2022

Episode Summary

Mary McLeod Bethune was a larger-than-life educator and activist whose legacy is now remembered with an eleven-foot tall, 6,000-pound statue carved by Nilda Comas. She used the last piece of statuary marble taken from the same Italian quarry used by Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The statue will represent Florida in the US Capitol building.

Keywords

Florida Frontiers Television; African American; Bethune

Series Title

Florida Frontiers Television

Episode Title

Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington

Episode Number

48

Duration

26:46

Sponsors

Division of Cultural Affairs

Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/

Jessie Ball duPont Fund

This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.

Jessie Ball Dupont Fund website

http://dupontfund.org/

Rossetter House Foundation

This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.

Rossetter House Musuem - Foundation and history

http://rossetterhousemuseum.org/history

STARS Citation

Brotemarkle, Dr, Ben and Society, Florida Historical, "Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 48 – Mary McLeod Bethune Goes to Washington" (2022). Florida Frontiers Television. 53.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/53